The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-02
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.

Recorder Trotter, of the District, who was 80
critically i'll last week, is improving slowly. He
suffering from an attack of pneumonia.
"A man named Washington will represent o
Tennessee district in the next Congress, and he
will be the first of that name to sit in the House
of Representatives.
"A Washington barkeeper has sued the son of
Senator Fair, OF Nevada, for $500, 900 damages for
assaulting and attempting to shoot him. The
scion OF the millionaire Senator is something o a
rake.
Secretary Whitney's baby will be christened
on Easter Monday, when the little strangers
mother will give "cradle party" This will be
new wrinkle in society and it's not every body
that can give one.
"A statement just prepared by the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue shows that there ar Q
thirty factories in the United States engaged
in the manufacture of oleomargarine and all of
them are located in the West.
Acting Secretary Fairchild is said to be o
great worker. He receives hundreds of letters
every day, many of which he opens and reads
himself. At Cabinet meetings he is one of the
busiest of men and he is never idle
In his speech before the Cincinnati Board of
Trade on Saturday last, Senator Sherman said that
Acting Secretary Fairchild, of the Treasury De-
partment, "is an able, conscientious man., and that
he would be secretary Manning's successor.
"A few days ago draft for $4,995 from an
unknown person at st. Joseph, Missouri, was
ceived at the Treasury Department with the re-
an unknown debtor" The money goes into the
"conscience fund"
The President has appointed Mr.. Oscar II.
Straus, New York merchant, minister to Turkey,
vice Hon. S. S. Cox, resigned. Although Dem
ocrat, Mr.. Straus is not active partisan, and
his appointment, with which the politicians had
nothing to do, was a great surprise to them.
ia cd hot Of 1oosf MILF
will participate in the National encampment
which takes place in Washington between the 22d
and Both of May next. They will come from
nearly every State in the Union, and the event is
looked forward to with great deal of interest.
Postmaster General Villas, who believes in
infusing young blood into his department. is rap
idly getting rid of the men who have grown old
IN the service and who are not active enough to
properly discharge their duties. Some of them
who have been relieved have been in the depart
ment life time.
Senator German gave a dinner at his resi-
dence in Washington, Monday evening, to num-
Der of his Maryland friends. Among those pres
ent were State Senator Jackson, Congressman
Compton, Hon. Thos. j. Heating, Hon. Stevenson
Archer, Jesse K. Hines, Esq, 1. Freeman Rasin,
Esq, Hon. M. Bannon, James Sloan, Jr., Esq,
and others.
-Rumor has it that since the adjournment of
Congress movement has been started in Wash
ington looking to the denomination of Cleveland
in 1888. The same authority says that ex Secre-
tary Manning did not approve of the movement
Other knowing ones say that the President will
withdraw from the contest before the end of the
present year.
"A Kentucky blacksmith called lately at the
Navy Department and announced that he had
discovered process of treating steel which will
practically revoutionize the art of steel toolmak-
ing. If what the blacksmith says is true, he has
made discovery that will transform him into
millionaire. The Navy Department is about
making experiments with the new process.
Many persons call at the White House to see
Mrs. Cleveland, sending up special requests for
the purpose. These people strangers in
Washington and no doubt the only object they have
is to crafty their curiosity, and Mrs Cleveland, in
the goodness Of her heart, permits her time to be
taken up by them. There are very few ladies
who would be so kindly disposed under the cir
cumstances, and this is one great reason why she
has become so popular with the people.